Revelation 13:16

13:16 He also caused ¹  everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave ² ) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.

Revelation 14:1

An Interlude: The Song of the 144,000

14:1 Then ³  I looked, and here was ⁴  the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

Revelation 20:4

20:4 Then ⁵  I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. ⁶  I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These ⁷  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They ⁸  came to life ⁹  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Revelation 22:4

22:4 and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

[13:16]  ¹ tn Or “forced”; Grk “makes” (ποιεῖ, poiei).

[13:16]  ² tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[14:1]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[14:1]  ⁴ tn The phrase “and here was” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

[20:4]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[20:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “I saw thrones, and those seated on them, and judgment was given to them.” BDAG 567 s.v. κρίμα 3 says, “judging, judgment, the κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς authority to judge was given to them Rv 20:4.”

[20:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “God, and who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “these” as subject.

[20:4]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:4]  ⁹ tn On the use of the aorist ἔζησαν (ezhsan) BDAG 425 s.v. ζάω 1.a.β says, “of dead persons who return to life become alive again: of humans in general (3 Km 17:23) Mt 9:18; Ac 9:41; 20:12; Rv 20:4, 5.”